Matt Alvarez

Matt Alvarez has a diverse work experience spanning several industries. Matt most recently worked as the Director of Sales at RavenVolt starting in February 2023. Prior to that, they served as the Director, Power Markets & Policy at Digital Power Optimization, Inc. from December 2021 to February 2023. In this role, they developed generation and crypto mining strategies for power markets in the US and internationally.

Before joining Digital Power Optimization, Inc., Matt worked as an Energy & Utilities Consultant at E&D Strategists from April 2021 to December 2021. In this position, they provided energy advisory services for data centers, nonprofits, and governments, and performed energy policy analysis on various power market strategies.

From June 2020 to April 2021, Matt worked as the Sr. Project Manager, Corporate Strategy & Risk at NIPSCO. Matt co-led the 2021 Integrated Resource Plan and led the grid modernization and AMI/Smart Metering planning and execution. Prior to that, they served as the Sr. Project Manager, NIPSCO Electric Rate Case from February 2018 to June 2020. In this role, they led a team in implementing a new electric tariff and modernizing the power trading application.

Matt's experience also includes working at GridLiance as a Finance Manager, Transmission Strategy & Development from December 2016 to February 2018. Matt collaborated with Private Equity owners to ensure adequate funding, developed and executed organic growth opportunities in the power grid market, and performed financial and economic analyses for power grid investments.

Before their time at GridLiance, Matt worked at NIPSCO as a Natural Gas Analyst from June 2014 to March 2016. In this role, they modeled energy portfolios for financial evaluations, implemented an Asset Valuation model, and used Monte Carlo Simulation to analyze correlation factors.

Matt's early experience includes working at United States Steel Corporation as an Operations Planning II from August 2012 to June 2014. Matt created supply chain plans, built Excel models for operational plants, and automated reports using SQL programming.

Overall, Matt Alvarez has a strong background in sales, power markets, energy consulting, project management, finance, and operations planning.

Matt Alvarez graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management in 2011. Matt'smajor subjects included Finance, Economics, and Accounting. Matt pursued postgraduate studies at Purdue University from 2011 to 2013, focusing on Computer Science and Information Systems. In addition to their educational background, Matt has also obtained additional certifications. Matt completed Levels I and II of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program from the CFA Institute in December 2011. Furthermore, Matt obtained a certification in Blockchain Technologies: Business Innovation and Application from the MIT Sloan School of Management in November 2021.